Harton "Smithed" FA Model 97 in 44 SPL

[Aggie01]

Been a while since I had a new one show up. Alan Harton put this one together for me - a "simple" job. It started as a fixed sight 5.5" barreled 44 SPL model 97. Alan lowered the hammer, fluted and chamfered the cylinder, and cut the barrel back to 4.25" with one of my front sight bases (takes FA blades). Oh, and he did some work on the top strap. 

[dougader]

Gorgeous lines. Much Improved over the blocky FA frame.

[mike454]

very nice! really like that topstrap work.

[potatojudge]

Will a Bowen S&W sight fit in that channel the same way?

Love the frame nose work and front sight too. I need to send my FA97 44 cylinder out for that treatment.

[mk70ss]

Damn near perfect now.

[foxtrapper]

Woo hoo! Beautiful!

[princeout]

Long time no see! Nice welcome back photo spread! That turned out great.
Tim

[bushog]

That was a fixed sight gun originally?

[Rimfire69]

Very nice, the frame mods look great. Always a sucker for the chamfered cyl but this one wasn’t jumping out at me, there is a slight difference between a 5 and 6 shot. It’s clearly there, but my eye picks more of it up on the 6 shots. FWIW I wish my M97 looked as good as yours.

[rjm52]

..that is slick.... Never thought about the possibility of adding S&W sights to a fixed sight 97....great idea...

Bob

[kings6]

Glad to see you posting again! Alan has always been my first choice for custom welding projects like yours. I had him add the same eights to a SP101 and redo a top strap on a Ruger to duplicate a FA. He pulled both off to perfection just like he did yours.

[Joe S.]

I love that top strap treatment!